Crispus the Philosopher

Crispus Flavius (341 AD-) was the pagan Governor of Jeruslaem under the Eastern Roman Empire.

Biography
Crispus Flavius was the first son of Luca Flavius, and a cruelly efficient taxman. He was also a master trader, skilled bureaucrat, agriculturalist, and popular hero, and the people of Jerusalem respected him. In winter of 364 AD he put down the uprising of his brother Vibius Flavius in Philadelphaea, killing him and retaking the city. He massacred its population, and in 370 AD he did the same to Jerusalem after putting down Ilus Poetelius' revolt.